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. >> charles working all night covering that story outside of waco, texas. >>> federal agents arrested a mississippi man overnight suspected of sending letters contaminated with poison to president obama and senator roger wicker. this move cummings just days after the letters were intercepted in mail sorting facilities for the white house, capitol hill. nbc's tracie potts has the details. >> reporter: richard what led them to mississippi, was the setting on not just two, but three letters wents too a mississippi judge, signing those letters to become a silent partner i am kevin curtis and i approve this message. that suspect called kevin curtis has been arrested in his home in tupelo, mississippi. the authorities were led there as a result of the investigation. three letters positive for the potentially dangerous and deadly substance ricin. wicker, president obama and the judge's all postmarked april 8th from memphis, according to authorities. what they don't know is why he did. there's little information, little evidence on what his motive could have been, what we do know, it's had a
. >> charles working all night covering that story outside of waco, texas. >>> federal agents arrested a mississippi man overnight suspected of sending letters contaminated with poison to president obama and senator roger wicker. this move cummings just days after the letters were intercepted in mail sorting facilities for the white house, capitol hill. nbc's tracie potts has the details. >> reporter: richard what led them to mississippi, was the setting on not just two,...
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more than 100 injured after an explosion at a fertilizer plant near waco, texas. the explosion in the town of west texas leveling homes and apartment buildings after catching fire yesterday evening. sefr several firefighters unaccounted for. >> they are close to identifying a suspect in the marathon bombings. they are examining surveillance photos that appear to show a man dropping a bag or backpack at one of the sites of the explosion. >> no crowds at the fountain for the 107th anniversary of the earthquake in san francisco. a bomb squad. a suspicious package forcing organizers to move the annual commission ceremony to union quar. >>> the attorney for the family of audrie pott is speaking out against the saratoga high school ki district. she skilled herself after a sexual assault. the family is taking legal action. they are saying it needs to be held accountable for failing to handle her case. "today in the bay's" marla tallez joins us with what's happening today. >> today, the pott family attorney, robert allard, is making himself available for questions surroun
more than 100 injured after an explosion at a fertilizer plant near waco, texas. the explosion in the town of west texas leveling homes and apartment buildings after catching fire yesterday evening. sefr several firefighters unaccounted for. >> they are close to identifying a suspect in the marathon bombings. they are examining surveillance photos that appear to show a man dropping a bag or backpack at one of the sites of the explosion. >> no crowds at the fountain for the 107th...
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timothy mcveigh acted in part because of what happened in waco. one more quick note about the timing. yesterday was tax day for everyone in this country but here in boston it was patriots day which commemorates the battles of lexington and concord, the start of the u.s. revolutionary war. big day not only for the country but boston. >> what was supposed to be a celebration turned out differently. let's go back to new york and savannah. >> matt on monday evening president obama spoke about this tragedy offering his thoughts and prayers to the city and vowing justice to those involved. i happened to sit down with him shortly before these explosions and we talked about a number of things in the headlines. we began with the gun legislation before congress that many say is now hanging by a thread. >> i think we've got a good chance of seeing it pass if members of congress are listening to the american people so let's just take the example of background checks. 90% of americans think that we should make it tougher for criminals or people with serious me
timothy mcveigh acted in part because of what happened in waco. one more quick note about the timing. yesterday was tax day for everyone in this country but here in boston it was patriots day which commemorates the battles of lexington and concord, the start of the u.s. revolutionary war. big day not only for the country but boston. >> what was supposed to be a celebration turned out differently. let's go back to new york and savannah. >> matt on monday evening president obama spoke...
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we should mention, by the way, this came close to what happened in waco. but authorities are believing so far this has nothing to do with this. >>> let's turn to crystal and jill. jill is a trauma nurse -- >> i can't hurt. >> they said good morning. >> i gather that one of you can't hear me, if you could just translate, and we'll try to fix our technical problems. >> okay. your home is close to the plant, what did you experience? >> yes, ma'am. my house is about 15 blocks away from the fertilizer plant. and we saw the fire. you heard the emt trucks as they drove by with west being a small town, you always want to see what's going on. within five minutes, the fire was completely out of control. i could see the first response team as they had their trucks, you know, kind of half-mooned around the fire. i turned around and walked back to my house and was going to get my kids in the car and get out of there trying to prevent from being around when the explosion happened. and about the time i got this far, you could hear the boom and within seconds it just suck
we should mention, by the way, this came close to what happened in waco. but authorities are believing so far this has nothing to do with this. >>> let's turn to crystal and jill. jill is a trauma nurse -- >> i can't hurt. >> they said good morning. >> i gather that one of you can't hear me, if you could just translate, and we'll try to fix our technical problems. >> okay. your home is close to the plant, what did you experience? >> yes, ma'am. my house is...
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after a deadly fire and explosion at a fertilizer plant. 1500 students returning to class in nearby waco after the school was damaged by the blast. it comes after a four-block neighborhood was reopened on sunday. the area closest to the fertilizer plant still remains off limits. 14 died, more than 200 were hurt. investigators are still looking for the cause. >>> this thursday, president obama will attend a memorial service for victims. white house officials have not said yet if the president will tour the devastation site in west texas. >>> mosquito fogging underway in a remote part of contra costa county moments ago. the area surrounding bethel island was fogged. this includes the area just south of it including holland tract road. the work should be over in an hour and a half. >> mosquitos, usually around summertime, it is going to feel pretty warm out there. rob mayeda in for christina. >>> thanks to some north winds overnight, which is kind of rare to wake up to numbers like this. livermore, 67 degrees. 66, napa. santa rosa. the locations waking up to these mid and upper 60s benefiti
after a deadly fire and explosion at a fertilizer plant. 1500 students returning to class in nearby waco after the school was damaged by the blast. it comes after a four-block neighborhood was reopened on sunday. the area closest to the fertilizer plant still remains off limits. 14 died, more than 200 were hurt. investigators are still looking for the cause. >>> this thursday, president obama will attend a memorial service for victims. white house officials have not said yet if the...
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it wants to protect the genes under patent the waco ka cola protects its formula. the see kru supreme court is go hear those arguments >>> google was facing major punishment over the way it delivered search results to its users in europe. they are practically tackling with glee over the judgment. google has proposed a settlement with the eu and those regulators will likely say okay. this would get google off the hook. google under fire forgiving you results that benefit itself. if you search for a restaurant, for instance, google tends to push down the yelp results in favor of its own reviews. back to you. >>> very interesting. thank you very much, scott. >>> it is 6:57. let's get one final check of the weather. >>> back to work monday. want to make sure you are aware of the wind we have in store already starting to pick up here in san francisco. you can see our camera starting to shake a little bit. you will notice how clear it is out there. you can see the true red of our beautiful, iconic, golden gate bridge. you will need that jacket. at the coast, touching on
it wants to protect the genes under patent the waco ka cola protects its formula. the see kru supreme court is go hear those arguments >>> google was facing major punishment over the way it delivered search results to its users in europe. they are practically tackling with glee over the judgment. google has proposed a settlement with the eu and those regulators will likely say okay. this would get google off the hook. google under fire forgiving you results that benefit itself. if you...
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on thursday, president obama traveled to nearby waco, texas, to speak at a memorial service for those lost in the explosion the fda is halting cucumber imports from a company in mexico after the vegetables were linked to 73 cases of salmonella in 18 states. no one has died from the outbreak. 27% of those sickens have had to be hospitalized. for more information, head to our website, today.com. >>> mary thompson is at the new york stock exchange. how's it looking for closing out the week here, mary? >> we could close the week with a gain. that's the good news. in other news, the senate takes a step closer to ending tax-free internet shopping. a procedure clearing the way to allow states to tax on-line purchases. then the house will have to pass a bill. >>> fred omarosa stepping down after one year at the job at the struggling internet giant and ten years ago apple launched itunes. they have continued to sell songs at a rate of 15,000 per minute. >>> the nfl draft kicked off last night and a rare year where a quarterback was not the first pick. eric fisher was the first to be snapped up
on thursday, president obama traveled to nearby waco, texas, to speak at a memorial service for those lost in the explosion the fda is halting cucumber imports from a company in mexico after the vegetables were linked to 73 cases of salmonella in 18 states. no one has died from the outbreak. 27% of those sickens have had to be hospitalized. for more information, head to our website, today.com. >>> mary thompson is at the new york stock exchange. how's it looking for closing out the...
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thoughts and pyers i come to e flooror oanher prayer for this small town of wet, a texas that is ose to waco texas. i just got off the phone talking to the county judge and it was described to me the terrible tragedy that occurred last night in te ing eongoto recor om tt tragedy. apparently a fire started at a facility and then caught tanks of anhydrous ammonia on fire them literally exploded. it started with a fire and if you're not aware anhydrous ammonia is used in the cultivation of crops and you can imagine this time of year planting is starting there is a lot of use for this source of fertilizer. the fire started at a fertilizer company about 730 last night with the volunteer fire department first responders were called. but the problem is they ultimately were a victim of the explosion satin suits with this tanks -- with the tanks of anhydrous ammonia exploding. they don't yet know the number of fatalities i saw in the press reports between five and 15 and the judge says he fears it could be on the highe or even higher they just don't know and they continue to find the victims and help
thoughts and pyers i come to e flooror oanher prayer for this small town of wet, a texas that is ose to waco texas. i just got off the phone talking to the county judge and it was described to me the terrible tragedy that occurred last night in te ing eongoto recor om tt tragedy. apparently a fire started at a facility and then caught tanks of anhydrous ammonia on fire them literally exploded. it started with a fire and if you're not aware anhydrous ammonia is used in the cultivation of crops...